Jake Heggie's spectacular vocal writing combine with Terence McNally's perfectly paced libretto to provide intense music drama which forces you to confront darkness.
2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2018-02-21UTC10:30:28+00:002018-02-21Jake Heggie's spectacular vocal writing combine with Terence McNally's perfectly paced libretto to provide intense music drama which forces you to confront darkness.Crime, punishment, forgiveness, redemption: Dead Man Walking finally reaches Londonen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-heggie-dead-man-walking-mayes-didonato-zifchak-cresswell-february-2018Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDavid Karlinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/3https://bachtrack.com/files/40449-david-karlin.jpgDavid is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.https://bachtrack.com/files/77055-dead-man-walking-barbican-0868.jpg510340Michael Mayes (Joseph de Rocher)Mark Allan | Barbican2018-Feb-20, Barbican Hall: Joyce DiDonato in Dead Man Walkinghttps://bachtrack.com/listing-heggie-dead-man-walking-mayes-didonato-zifchak-cresswell-february-20182018-02-202018-02-20Barbican HallLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomEC2Y 8DSSilk Street51.519879294526-0.091710090637207https://bachtrack.com/files/18762-barbican.jpg5
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-10-11UTC08:59:56+00:002017-10-10David Pountney's House of the Dead makes for high entertainment at Welsh National Opera.An arresting From the House of the Dead at Welsh National Operaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-janacek-house-dead-pountney-hanus-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-october-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngRohan Shottonhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/242https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/242https://bachtrack.com/files/124-rohan.jpgRohan has reviewed concerts and opera across the UK and Europe, but chiefly in Manchester, where he enjoys conducting and playing percussion and piano. He works as a hospital doctor, having studied in St Andrews and Manchester, and tweets as @RohanShotton.https://bachtrack.com/files/69219-wno-from-the-house-of-the-dead--alan-oke-skuratov--photo-credit-clive-barda-0066-resized.jpg510340Alan Oke (Skuratov)Clive Barda2017-Oct-08, Wales Millennium Centre: From the House of the Deadhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/from-the-house-of-the-dead/08-october-2017/16-002017-10-082017-10-12Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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Welsh National Opera’s new season commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Revolution with three Russian-themed works opens with both a bang and a whimper with this trenchant revival.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-10-04UTC10:33:24+00:002017-09-27Welsh National Opera’s new season commemorating the centenary of the 1917 Revolution with three Russian-themed works opens with both a bang and a whimper with this trenchant revival.Stark and spellbinding: Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina leads WNO's Russian seasonen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-khovanshchina-pountney-hayward-fulgoni-sebestyen-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-september-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngKatherine Cooperhttps://bachtrack.com/files/68364-khovanshchina---robert-hayward-prince-ivan-khovansky-0063---credit-clive-barda-resized.jpg510340Robert Hayward (Khovansky)Clive Barda2017-Sep-23, Wales Millennium Centre: Khovanshchinahttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/khovanshchina/23-september-2017/19-002017-09-232017-10-07Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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Mark Le Brocq portrays a convincing Gerontius while other soloists, choir and orchestra deliver a fine, moving performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.
2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-05-22UTC10:19:07+00:002017-05-21Mark Le Brocq portrays a convincing Gerontius while other soloists, choir and orchestra deliver a fine, moving performance of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.A deeply moving Dream of Gerontius: Markson plumbs the depths with soloists and NSOen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-gerontius-markson-rte-nso-dublin-may-2017Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngAndrew Larkinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/4766https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/4766https://bachtrack.com/files/164-andrew_larkin.jpgAndrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin. https://bachtrack.com/files/60244-mark-le-brocq-c-hazard-chase-resized.jpg300405Mark Le BrocqHazard Chase2017-May-19, National Concert Hall: The Dream of Gerontiushttps://bachtrack.com/concert-listing/national-concert-hall/the-dream-of-gerontius/19-may-2017/20-002017-05-192017-05-19National Concert HallDublinCounty DublinIreland53.3349605719418-6.25897228717804https://bachtrack.com/files/65398-rte-national-symphony-orchestra-logo.jpg4
The first UK production of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s 1930s anti-war opera Simplicius Simplicissimus is a musical and dramatic triumph, and as pertinent as ever
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-11-12UTC14:29:25+00:002016-11-12The first UK production of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s 1930s anti-war opera Simplicius Simplicissimus is a musical and dramatic triumph, and as pertinent as everSimply brilliant: Hartmann’s Simplicius Simplicissimus at Sadler’s Wellsen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-hartmann-simplicius-simplicissimus-polly-graham-independent-opera-november-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMatthew Ryehttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19100https://bachtrack.com/files/24809-matthew_rye.jpgMatthew read music at Oxford and has worked in music journalism for 30 years as a writer, critic and editor. He has written numerous programme and CD booklet notes, spent 13 years as a Daily Telegraph critic, worked at BBC Music Magazine and was reviews editor of The Strad, for which he continues to write. He also writes for The Wagner Journal and Opera Now and blogs at ferneklang.blogspot.co.uk. He was general editor of 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die (Cassell Illustrated, 2007) and is the author of a new series of eBooks, Masterpieces of Music (Erudition).https://bachtrack.com/files/48796-hartmann-adrian-thompson--stephanie-corley--c--max-lacome-resized.jpg510340Adrian Thompson (Hermit) and Stephanie Corley (Simplicius)Max Lacome2016-Nov-11, Sadler's Wells: Lilian Baylis Studio: Simplicius Simplicissimushttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/sadlers-wells-lilian-baylis-studio/simplicius-simplicissimus/11-november-2016/19-302016-11-112016-11-19Sadler's Wells: Lilian Baylis StudioLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomEC1R 4TNRosebery Avenue51.529665176645-0.105979442596445
André Tchaikowsky's version of The Merchant of Venice combines his love of Shakespeare with his recollections of a harsh childhood as a Jew in the Warsaw Ghetto.
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-09-21UTC14:13:20+00:002016-09-17André Tchaikowsky's version of The Merchant of Venice combines his love of Shakespeare with his recollections of a harsh childhood as a Jew in the Warsaw Ghetto.All that glitters: Tchaikowsky's The Merchant of Venice staged by Welsh National Operaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-tchaikowsky-merchant-venice-warner-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-september-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/45827-lesterlynch-shylock--wnosthemerchantofvenice-photocreditjohanpersson-352-resized.jpg510340Lester Lynch (Shylock)Johan Persson2016-Sep-16, Wales Millennium Centre: The Merchant of Venicehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/the-merchant-of-venice/16-september-2016/19-002016-09-162016-09-30Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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Opera North's cycle offers a form of personal Wagner therapy: all four music dramas in concert performances, but with carefully choreographed video and lighting effects.
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-06-29UTC08:48:18+00:002016-06-29Opera North's cycle offers a form of personal Wagner therapy: all four music dramas in concert performances, but with carefully choreographed video and lighting effects. Dipping a toe into the Rhine: Wagner therapy from Opera Northen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-rheingold-farnes-druiett-ablinger-sperrhacke-opera-north-june-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMark Pullingerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15668https://bachtrack.com/files/218-1097_4423_markpullinger.jpgMark is one of Bachtrack’s editors and Chair of the Music Section of The Critics' Circle. An experienced opera critic, with a passion for Verdi, he can often be found propping up a standing place at the ROH. He also reviews concerts and dance, with a particular love for Russian and French repertoire. Mark contributes to Gramophone and Opera magazines and blogs at Beckmesser's Quill. https://bachtrack.com/files/41772-rheingold-michael-druiett-jo-pohlheim-wolfgang-ablinger-sperrhacke-opera-north2-clive-barda-resized.jpg510340Michael Druiett (Wotan), Jo Pohlheim (Alberich) and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Loge)Clive Barda2016-Jun-28, Royal Festival Hall: Das Rheingoldhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/royal-festival-hall/das-rheingold/28-june-2016/19-002016-06-282016-06-28Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomSE1 8XXBelvedere Road51.505687-0.11683700000003228https://bachtrack.com/files/31890-siegfried.jpg4
2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-05-14UTC11:49:08+00:002016-05-14David Jones' First World War epic poem comes to musical life in Iain Bell's newly-commissioned opera.
From the Somme's trenches: Iain Bell's In Parenthesis opens at Welsh National Operaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-bell-in-parenthesis-pountney-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-may-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/39459-wno-in-parenthesis-andrew-bidlack-marcus-farnsworth-bill-cooper.jpg510340Andrew Bidlack (Private John Ball) and Marcus Farnsworth (Lieutenant Jenkins)Bill Cooper2016-May-13, Wales Millennium Centre: In Parenthesishttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/in-parenthesis/13-may-2016/19-152016-05-132016-06-03Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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Der fliegende Holländer at Leeds Town Hall shows Opera North at its most exciting, in a production conducted by Richard Farnes, with Béla Perencz and Alwyn Mellor.
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-06-29UTC10:37:03+00:002015-06-28Der fliegende Holländer at Leeds Town Hall shows Opera North at its most exciting, in a production conducted by Richard Farnes, with Béla Perencz and Alwyn Mellor.Opera North's exciting Der fliegende Holländer at Leeds Town Hallen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-fliegende-hollander-farnes-opera-north-leeds-june-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngRichard Wilcockshttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/1972https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/1972https://bachtrack.com/files/152-richardwilcocks.jpgRichard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.https://bachtrack.com/files/25228-dutchman_bela_perencz_robert_workman_resized.jpg300397Béla Perencz (The Dutchman)Robert Workman2015-Jun-27, Leeds Town Hall: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/leeds-town-hall/der-fliegende-hollander-the-flying-dutchman/27-june-2015/19-302015-06-272015-06-30Leeds Town HallLeedsYorkshire and the HumberUnited KingdomLS1 3AD53.865906-1.68482https://bachtrack.com/files/16731-2014_2015_240x240px_dutchman.jpg4
2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-05-22UTC18:19:02+00:002015-05-17Richard Ayres's Peter Pan, in a new WNO production, leaves J.M. Barrie's story dangling. Leaving J.M.Barrie dangling: High-flying Peter Pan at Welsh National Operaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-peter-pan-welsh-national-opera-cardiff-may-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/9366-peter_pan_ashley_holland_clive_barda_resized.jpg300412Ashley Holland (Captain Hook)Clive Barda2015-May-16, Wales Millennium Centre: Peter Panhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/peter-pan/16-may-2015/18-302015-05-162015-05-31Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-06-20UTC15:05:27+00:002014-06-20How does Usher House stand up? Like the house, it doesn’t. Welsh National Opera's double bill based on The Fall of the House of Usher underwhelms.Usher House double bill fails to stand upen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-usher-house-getty-debussy-wno-june-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/5713-wno_usher_robert_hayward_anna_gorbachyova_stephen_cummiskey.jpg510340Robert Hayward (Roderick Usher) and Anna Gorbachyova (Madeline Usher)Stephen Cummiskey2014-Jun-13, Wales Millennium Centre: The Fall of the House of Usherhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/13-june-2014/20-002014-06-132014-06-15Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2014-06-03UTC07:42:08+00:002014-05-27A riveting performance of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron, despite the absence of the golden calf, the burning bush, Sodom and Gomorrah. Scant Sodom, no Gomorrah, but a riveting Moses und Aronen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-moses-aron-wno-tomlinson-may-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngSimon Reeshttps://bachtrack.com/files/5426-wno_moses_john_tomlinson_bill_cooper_245.jpg275413John Tomlinson (Moses)Bill Cooper2014-May-24, Wales Millennium Centre: Moses und Aronhttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/wales-millennium-centre/moses-und-aron/24-may-2014/20-002014-05-242014-06-07Wales Millennium CentreCardiffWalesUnited KingdomCF10 5ALBute Place, Cardiff
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A very welcome and triumphant revival of Peter Grimes begins Opera North’s Festival of Britten season, soon to be followed by A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Death in Venice. The work has often been described as Britten’s greatest, the paeans of praise beginning soon after its first performance just after the Second World War, often involving the word “enigma”.
2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:50:20+00:002013-09-16Richard Wilcocks reviews the revival of Opera North's Peter Grimes at the Grand Theatre Leeds.Opera North's triumphant Peter Grimes returns to Leedsen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-opera-north-peter-grimes-lloyd-2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngRichard Wilcockshttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/1972https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/1972https://bachtrack.com/files/152-richardwilcocks.jpgRichard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.https://bachtrack.com/files/3042-peter_grimes_02.jpg400400Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts as Peter Grimes Bill Cooper2013-Sep-14, Leeds Grand Theatre: Peter Grimeshttps://bachtrack.com/listing-opera-north-peter-grimes-lloyd-20132013-09-142013-10-26Leeds Grand TheatreLeedsYorkshire and the HumberUnited KingdomLS1 6NZ53.800174-1.541261https://bachtrack.com/files/14487-peter_grimes_rgb_bachtrack.jpg5
The strange yet compelling story of the 350-year-old opera singer Elina Makropulos was Opera North’s showcase in a production première at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Leoš Janáček wrote The Makropulos Affair, his penultimate opera, based on the Karel Čapek play about Elina Makropulos, who was given a potion to preserve her youth when she was sixteen.
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